CFTC to Host Cryptocurrency CEO Forum to Discuss Digital Asset Market Pilot Program

April 29th, Ales Michl, President of the Czech National Bank, delivered a keynote at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference, explicitly pushing for Bitcoin to be included in central bank reserve assets. He noted the central bank manages roughly $180 billion in reserves, and internal analysis shows a 1% Bitcoin allocation would boost expected returns. Additionally, since Bitcoin has low correlation with other reserve assets, overall risk would stay nearly unchanged. “Most people wouldn’t link central banks and Bitcoin—I would,” Michl said. “This is the future.” The Czech National Bank has led in this space: Michl first proposed Bitcoin as a reserve diversification tool in January 2025, then suggested a maximum 5% Bitcoin allocation. In November 2025, it completed its first digital asset purchase via a test portfolio that included Bitcoin. Stepan Uherik, CFO of Trezor, noted Michl’s speech pushed back against criticism that Bitcoin “lacks liquidity or isn’t secure enough,” adding the question ha

April 29 — CryptoQuant analyst Woominkyu notes that on April 27, Bitcoin’s net inflow to centralized exchanges (CEXs) hit 9,905 BTC — the biggest single-day net inflow in 30 days. This kept BTC’s price from breaking above the $78,000 resistance level. The most worrying signal, per Woominkyu: the Exchange Whale Ratio jumped to 0.707 on April 27 — its highest reading in over a week. That means the top 10 incoming transactions made up over 70% of total deposit volume, clearly showing large holders are actively moving tokens to CEXs (likely gearing up to sell). Woominkyu adds that the whale-dominated inflow, paired with rising CEX reserves, signals smart money is preparing to sell into rallies. If this inflow isn’t quickly absorbed, the odds of a short-term retest of the $74k-$75k support zone are rising sharply.

PEPE OG whale Deltacorpse.eth(@Deltacorp24), who bought $PEPE at a $2M market cap, spent $100.2K to buy 21.2M $BULL and locked it.

On April 29th, per Hyperinsight monitoring, Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded short-term to roughly $77,700, hitting the support-resistance level from its first significant pullback on the 27th. A whale on the Hyperliquid platform—with an address starting with 0x8ca—opened a 9x leveraged short position on BTC with a size of $13 million, at an average entry price of $77,627. This could signal an attempt to catch the rebound’s peak and bet on a price drop around this level. Address: 0x8ca341db4a455dec932ed6a29b16e75fa06ac22d

Bybit to List MegaETH (MEGA) on Spot Trading Platform on April 29, Official Sources Confirm MEGA is the native token of MegaETH, a high-performance real-time Ethereum Layer 2 solution that targets sub-millisecond latency and over 100,000 TPS.

On April 29th, data from BitcoinTreasuries.NET shows Vanguard Group’s Total Stock Market Index Fund—with $12 trillion in assets under management (AUM)—has increased its stake in Bitcoin treasury firm Strive (ticker: ASST) by 276,200 shares. That brings the fund’s total holdings to 1.72 million shares, valued at approximately $25.2 million.